Desperate Man Blues

Here is an absolutely terrific documentary about music collector Joe Bussard. Over 50 years of trekking back roads and knocking on doors in search of records, Joe has amassed an amazing collection of over 25,000 78rpm recordings of early American music. Even more infectious than the great musical rarities in his collection is Joe’s own enthusiasm for the music he so obviously loves.

This is Part One. The 55-min documentary is available in its entirety for one week only at pitchfork.tv. You can also purchase the DVD at Dust-to-Digital.

Update: Oops. It looks like the video is already gone!